Kraft Durch Freude Photo Albums
Pre-Wilhelm Gustloff
Pre-Wilhelm Gustloff
Presented here are photo albums from various Kraft Durch Freude voyages pre-Wilhelm Gustloff.
Sierra Cordoba Photo Album - 1934 / 1935
Voyage Photos: 104
Voyage Photos: 104
Kraft Durch Freude Photo Album
August 9th - 16th, 1935
Photos: 23 - A select few are onboard an unknown KdF liner.
August 9th - 16th, 1935
Photos: 23 - A select few are onboard an unknown KdF liner.
Links & Credits
While not related to the Wilhelm Gustloff, Germany's LZ 129 Hindenburg Zeppelin was to the skies what the Gustloff was to the sea. The four original photos below are listed as the Hindenburg
over Berlin, Germany. March 28th, 1936. Though due to the details, I believe it may actually be the Graf Zeppelin instead.
over Berlin, Germany. March 28th, 1936. Though due to the details, I believe it may actually be the Graf Zeppelin instead.
Der Deutsche Photo Album - Also features the Bremen, Milwaukee, and Oceana.
May 6th, 1937
Photos: 34. The album also has 56 newspaper clippings / photos cut out during the war. Most of these are AP photos of various ships sinking, burning, picking up survivors, & bomb blasts.
May 6th, 1937
Photos: 34. The album also has 56 newspaper clippings / photos cut out during the war. Most of these are AP photos of various ships sinking, burning, picking up survivors, & bomb blasts.
Unknown KdF Liner passing the Hindenburg at sea.
- Possibly the Oceana or Sierra Cordoba.
Beautiful images of the great airship over the ocean.
- Possibly the Oceana or Sierra Cordoba.
Beautiful images of the great airship over the ocean.
Random Nazi Germany Photographs
- Includes a destroyer, the statues of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller infront of the German National Theater in Weimar, and the "Schloss Belvedere" (Belvedere Palace), also located in the Weimar area.
- Includes a destroyer, the statues of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller infront of the German National Theater in Weimar, and the "Schloss Belvedere" (Belvedere Palace), also located in the Weimar area.
Photo #1: Likely the British battleship HMS Nelson.
Photo #13: The German Panzerschiff Deutschland
Photo #13: The German Panzerschiff Deutschland
Sierra Cordoba Menu - July 27th, 1937
Stuttgart Menu - September 10th, 1938
Sierra Cordoba Menu - June 13th, 1939
Berlin - Medium Souvenir Photo Album
Norwegian Voyage - August 12th - 18th, 1938
Voyage Photos = 38.
Norwegian Voyage - August 12th - 18th, 1938
Voyage Photos = 38.
- Several images from this album can also be seen in the book "The KdF Fleet in Historic Photographs" by Russ Willoughby.
While not related to the Wilhelm Gustloff - this film is related to another great ship, the Cap Arcona.
Titanic was a 1943 Nazi propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA, which was later banned from Nazi Germany by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. The film used the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a setting for an attempt to discredit British and American capitalist dealings and glorify the bravery and selflessness of German men. The film is known for its extremely dark production history and, ironically, became the symbol of the corruption and "sinking" of the Third Reich itself.
The film was shot on board the SS Cap Arcona, a passenger cruise ship which itself was sunk in the last weeks of World War II with a loss of life far heavier than that on the actual Titanic. The scenes with the lifeboats were filmed on the Baltic Sea and some of the interior scenes were shot in Tobis Studios.
In 1992, a censored, low quality VHS copy, (shown here) was released in Germany. This version deleted the strongest propaganda scenes, which immensely watered down its controversial content. Finally, in 2005, Titanic was completely restored and, for the first time, the uncensored version was released in a special edition DVD by Kino Video. Source: Wikipedia: Titanic (1943 Film).
Titanic was a 1943 Nazi propaganda film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA, which was later banned from Nazi Germany by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. The film used the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a setting for an attempt to discredit British and American capitalist dealings and glorify the bravery and selflessness of German men. The film is known for its extremely dark production history and, ironically, became the symbol of the corruption and "sinking" of the Third Reich itself.
The film was shot on board the SS Cap Arcona, a passenger cruise ship which itself was sunk in the last weeks of World War II with a loss of life far heavier than that on the actual Titanic. The scenes with the lifeboats were filmed on the Baltic Sea and some of the interior scenes were shot in Tobis Studios.
In 1992, a censored, low quality VHS copy, (shown here) was released in Germany. This version deleted the strongest propaganda scenes, which immensely watered down its controversial content. Finally, in 2005, Titanic was completely restored and, for the first time, the uncensored version was released in a special edition DVD by Kino Video. Source: Wikipedia: Titanic (1943 Film).